Khalij (Cairo)

Khalij al-Masri

Country	Egypt
Coordinate location	30°1′21″N 31°13′49″E

De Khalij (Arabic:الخلیج, anaa al-khalīg insyd Egyptian pronunciation), dem sanso know as de Khalij al-Misri anaa Khalij al-Masri (Arabic:الخليج المصري), na e be a canal insyd Cairo, Egypt. E begin insyd de 7th century wen de new Arab conquerors rebuild an ancient canal wey link de Nile plus de Red Sea insyd Pharaonic den Roman times. Dem close de connection to de Red Sea insyd de 8th century, buh de canal remain an important feature of Cairo ein geography den ein water supply. Na e be traditionally closed for part of de year wey then dem reopen during de Nile floods. Na de yearly opening of de canal be celebrated as a major festival.

Insyd de 14th century, de Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad create a second canal further west, de Khalij al-Nasiri, wich na e be linked to de main canal. Insyd de 1890s, as ein function cam be less essential, na dem fill in de Khalij wey dem convert am into what be now Port Said Street insyd central Cairo.

Gallery

• 19th-century illustrations of de Khalij
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  Depiction of a bridge over de Khalij insyd de Description de l'Égypte (c. 1809)
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  Illustration of houses along de Khalij insyd de early 19th century (drawing by Pascal Coste)
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  Depiction of de Festival of de Opening of de Canal (c. 1862)
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  19th-century photograph of de Khalij den houses along ein banks

References

Sources

• Abu-Lughod, Janet L. (1971). Cairo: 1001 Years of the City Victorious (in English). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-65660-1.
• Gabra, Gawdat; van Loon, Gertrud J.M.; Reif, Stefan; Swelim, Tarek (2013). Ludwig, Carolyn; Jackson, Morris (eds.). The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo: Its Fortress, Churches, Synagogue, and Mosque (in English). American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 9789774167690.
• Raymond, André (2000) [1993]. Cairo (in English). Translated by Wood, Willard. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-00316-3.
• Sheehan, Peter (2010). Babylon of Egypt: The Archaeology of Old Cairo and the Origins of the City (in English). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-977-416-731-7.